Hooray for Friday! Here’s something to bring with you into the weekend: this week’s news and notes, from MCN staff, on migrant health and beyond. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed [2] to receive our Friday roundups every week.
From Amy, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health: “Last week, we listened to a powerful series [3] on NPR about workers' comp,” that she recommends to our readers. Amy also sent along resources [4] on the risk of silica exposure for countertop workers, and a MMWR [5] from the CDC on a case of silica exposure in Texas.
Jillian, Director of Education and Professional Development added: “This is also a good NPR story [6] from last week on electronic health records.” Jillian also sent along an interesting map [7] on the most popular destinations for immigrants from a specified set of countries.
Ricardo, Health Network Manager, offered a Mother Jones article [8] about the fear of a measles epidemic in the wake of the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Charlotte, Development Coordinator passed on “this disturbing report [9] from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee on health and living conditions for detained immigrants in Dilley, TX.”